VIR­TUAL PAST

ICONSIAM, Bangkok’s new land­mark shop­ping and life­style de­vel­op­ment on the Chao Phraya River, un­veiled the first float­ing mu­seum in Thai­land – the Sri Ma­hasamut Ship – to com­mem­o­rate King Taksin on the oc­ca­sion of the 250th an­niver­sary of the foun­da­tion of Krung Thon­buri Sri Ma­hasamut. The mu­seum show­cases the life and le­gacy of King Taksin in an ex­hi­bi­tion us­ing ad­vanced tech­niques to tell sto­ries and cre­ate a spec­tac­u­lar ex­pe­ri­ence for vis­i­tors by mak­ing them feel like they are go­ing back in time while board­ing the ship.